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that's what made you say when isis showed up -- i think we'll take isis. at least they'll protect us from those guys. i think it was a bad decision. i think these guys are psychopaths but it was not without logic. >> they came from al qaeda in iraq. that's where they came from. >> but also, the iraqi army. there was a lot of ex-iraqi guys there. it is a coalition in a sense. >> is there enough sunni tribesmen to build a kind of sunnistan that you talk about and can we equip them and other sunni nations equip them fast enough in order for them to stop? >> in theory, we can. it is always about the politics. it is never about the fight. get the politics right, the fighting will take care of itself. you give people an incentive to build a political structure where they know they will be secure and represented, the fighting will follow. the british and french divided up the middle east to create lebanon, syria and iraq. we are now seeing that as the do-it-yourself version. so, back in 1914, 1915, they did it from the top down. churchill and his pals had a map a
that's what made you say when isis showed up -- i think we'll take isis. at least they'll protect us from those guys. i think it was a bad decision. i think these guys are psychopaths but it was not without logic. >> they came from al qaeda in iraq. that's where they came from. >> but also, the iraqi army. there was a lot of ex-iraqi guys there. it is a coalition in a sense. >> is there enough sunni tribesmen to build a kind of sunnistan that you talk about and can we equip...
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was it isis-like that scale? no, but if you were a sunni living in those towns, it was really awful. and that's what made you want to say, when isis showed up, you know, i think we'll take isis, at least they'll protect us from those guys am i think it was a bad decision am i think these guys are psychopaths. but it wasn't without logic. >> rose: well, they came from al qaeda in iraq. >> right. >> rose: that's where they came from. >> but also the iraqi army. there are a lot of ex-iraqi army guys there. >> rose: got out in time for the invasion. >> yeah. it was a coalition in that sense. iraqi army guys. >> rose: are there enough tribesman to build the kind of sunni stan that you talk abouting and can we quip them and other saudis and other sunni nations equip them fast enough nor for them to stop? >> in theory, we can. i think they can. it's going to take, though-- . >> rose: a few years. >> it's always about the politics for me. never about the fight. get the politics right. the fighting will take care of itsel
was it isis-like that scale? no, but if you were a sunni living in those towns, it was really awful. and that's what made you want to say, when isis showed up, you know, i think we'll take isis, at least they'll protect us from those guys am i think it was a bad decision am i think these guys are psychopaths. but it wasn't without logic. >> rose: well, they came from al qaeda in iraq. >> right. >> rose: that's where they came from. >> but also the iraqi army. there are a...
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in airstrikes against isis targets. training the kurdish military, supporting the government of iraq. it is very different from a decade ago. we have been invited in by the people of iraq. we are helping train the opposition in syria. that is a helpful exercise. our parliament did not want us to take military action in syria a year ago, despite the recommendation of myself and david cameron. that is the reality of living in a democracy. >> why was that? >> ultimately, you would have to ask those who voted against it. i thought it was the wrong decision myself. too much of the debate was what happened in 2003, not what was happening in 2013 or 2014. the iraq war, which i supported 10 years ago, cast a long shadow over the british political debate. people felt, and i felt it was a different case, that getting involved in a military way in terms of airstrike and the like in syria was the same as getting involved in iraq in 2003. i did not agree. i felt strongly if, you leave a vacuum and are not prepared to stand up for yo
in airstrikes against isis targets. training the kurdish military, supporting the government of iraq. it is very different from a decade ago. we have been invited in by the people of iraq. we are helping train the opposition in syria. that is a helpful exercise. our parliament did not want us to take military action in syria a year ago, despite the recommendation of myself and david cameron. that is the reality of living in a democracy. >> why was that? >> ultimately, you would have...
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in air strikes against isis targets, training the kurdish military, supporting the democratic elected government of iraq. of course this is very different from a decade ago we have been invited in by the people of iraq, we are doing that, we are helping train the opposition in syria, and that is a helpful and useful exercise. our parliament did not want us to take military action in syria a year ago by the recommendation of myself, david cameron and others, and that is the reality of living in a democracy, so we live -- >> rose: why was that? >> well, ultimately you would have to ask those who voted against it, they thought it was a wrong, i thought it was a wrong decision myself, too much of the debate was about what happened in 2003, not what was happening in 2013 or 2014. the iraq war, which i supported as a member of parliament ten years ago cast a very long shadow over the british political debate and people felt, although as i say i think it was a very different case that getting involved in a military way in terms of air strikes and the like in syria was the same as getting inv
in air strikes against isis targets, training the kurdish military, supporting the democratic elected government of iraq. of course this is very different from a decade ago we have been invited in by the people of iraq, we are doing that, we are helping train the opposition in syria, and that is a helpful and useful exercise. our parliament did not want us to take military action in syria a year ago by the recommendation of myself, david cameron and others, and that is the reality of living in...
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way, i did not see any increased zeal, and a possible increase in zeal on the part of al qaeda and isis to attack the united states whether this information was out there or not. i think they were carrying out orders and there was not a prohibition at that time, certainly a specific prohibition in american law, although the geneva convention clearly, which is the treatment of prisoners, not prisoners of war on a battlefield but prisoners, that prohibits this. we have this information out there. the debate will go on for a while but i would hope that we would have laws -- which we do, we have the detainee treatment act and other legislation that we enacted. let's move on as a better nation. only in america, could we come clean, give all of the information to our public, and then move forward because that is really the only way we can close the chapter. that is another reason that i have problems with some of the aspects of this report. it is better to have gotten it out, get it behind us, and move on. we have an enemy that is hell-bent on destroying us. >> what problems do you have with
way, i did not see any increased zeal, and a possible increase in zeal on the part of al qaeda and isis to attack the united states whether this information was out there or not. i think they were carrying out orders and there was not a prohibition at that time, certainly a specific prohibition in american law, although the geneva convention clearly, which is the treatment of prisoners, not prisoners of war on a battlefield but prisoners, that prohibits this. we have this information out there....
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>> why isn't isis on this list? isil? >> -- this is a force that is trying to create a state and is engaged in horrific violence. >> it is, and the vehicle for telling the story and addressing that we chose is actually the leader of the iraqi kurds who, arguably, holds the future of the region in his hands. he is right in the middle. >> you can find some defining centralization. >> he has a long line fighting against isis. how this plays out, and the future of iraq will have a lot to do with that. >> would you have a hard time putting isis on the cover as the person of the year? >> i would have a hard time doing that. >> somebody who beheads americans -- >> when it comes to setting the priority, i go back to where we ended up, which is that as much as the individual acts of the ebola fighters mattered enormously, their looking forward at what we face as a global community and what we learned this year, look at the conversations that we had as a result of the ebola outbreak in this country. who is allowed to order someone
>> why isn't isis on this list? isil? >> -- this is a force that is trying to create a state and is engaged in horrific violence. >> it is, and the vehicle for telling the story and addressing that we chose is actually the leader of the iraqi kurds who, arguably, holds the future of the region in his hands. he is right in the middle. >> you can find some defining centralization. >> he has a long line fighting against isis. how this plays out, and the future of iraq...
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. >> rose: why isn't isis isn't in this mess. is this a force trying to create a state that's engaged in hoe receiving violence. >> it is. and the vehicle for telling that story and addressing that we choose is barzani the leader of the iraq kurds who arguably hole the future of iraq if not much of the region in his hands. he'sá%ó=>> rose: into three pat could find some defining centralization. >> he has 350 mile long line fighting against isis. and how this plays out and the future of iraq is going to have an awful lot to do. >> rose: did you have a hard time putting isis on the cover as the person of the year? >> i would have a hard time doing that. >> rose: would you have a hard time of somebody who had americans the way he does or the organization does. >> when it comes to setting the priority i'll go back to where we ended up which is that as much as the individual acts of the ebola fighters mattered enormously. they're looking forward at what we faced as a global community and what we learned this year. look at the conver
. >> rose: why isn't isis isn't in this mess. is this a force trying to create a state that's engaged in hoe receiving violence. >> it is. and the vehicle for telling that story and addressing that we choose is barzani the leader of the iraq kurds who arguably hole the future of iraq if not much of the region in his hands. he'sá%ó=>> rose: into three pat could find some defining centralization. >> he has 350 mile long line fighting against isis. and how this plays out...
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you have a coalition trying to fight isis that is very shaky, just trying to stand up, and this report could weaken and destabilize it. you have an iraqi government similarly that is very fragile, and who knows what effect the report will have? even given all of those points, the idea that you could indefinitely suppress information like this, it just does not hold up to me, and what senator feinstein said this morning on the senate floor was there are always arguments for delay. the middle east will be unstable at any point in the future you can think of, so let's go ahead and get this out and make a clean item of it. >> there are things in here that you could not even imagine writing? >> charlie, what struck me, and what i think makes this a document worth your viewers reading is the human side of it. the cables sent back from the first use of waterboarding against an al qaeda member, sent back by a medical officer who was assigned in trying to account what it was like in the room as waterboarding was used. this was a doctor. this was a person who never could imagine he would be in t
you have a coalition trying to fight isis that is very shaky, just trying to stand up, and this report could weaken and destabilize it. you have an iraqi government similarly that is very fragile, and who knows what effect the report will have? even given all of those points, the idea that you could indefinitely suppress information like this, it just does not hold up to me, and what senator feinstein said this morning on the senate floor was there are always arguments for delay. the middle...
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we know the middle east is in a very fragile, delicate state right now, a coalition trying to fight isis that is very shaky, just try to stand up and this report could weak ken and destabilize it, an iraqi government that is similarly very fragile and who knows what effect the report will have. even given all of those points the idea you could indefinitely suppress information like this, just doesn't hold up to me and what senator feinstein said in morning on the senate floor was the there are always arguments for delay. the middle east will be unstable at any point in the future you can think of, so let's go ahead and get this out and make a clean rest of it. >> rose: david you are a successful writer, spy novels are there things in here you couldn't imagine writing? >> what struck they and what makes this a document worth your viewers reading is the human side of it, the cable sent back from the first use of water boarding against al qaeda member named abu sent pack by a medical officer who was assigned trying to recount what it was like in the room as water boarding was used, i mean t
we know the middle east is in a very fragile, delicate state right now, a coalition trying to fight isis that is very shaky, just try to stand up and this report could weak ken and destabilize it, an iraqi government that is similarly very fragile and who knows what effect the report will have. even given all of those points the idea you could indefinitely suppress information like this, just doesn't hold up to me and what senator feinstein said in morning on the senate floor was the there are...
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imagine what something with the propaganda machine of isis that is very effective. that's what i think the totality of that tells me you have to ask really hard questions, what did you hope to gain that has not been accomplished? it does not even have to be accurate, you have to as really hard questions. >> was in the answer? >> i don't get it. not wante, well, we do to see it happen ever again. we have invested a lot of time and this, or we have invested a lot of money in this. that is really at not to that to much information from this different party and we know it will happen and they are saying they are preparing. i had one cia official, who is always activists fear of the conflict we have had, a great american who looked at me as said, the sad part is know i will lose people because of this will have to fight our way through it. that is no way to treat these people who are overseas trying to do the right thing to protect the country. if you can clearly say there's a policy that needs to be changed and is the only way to do it, we have already changed the polic
imagine what something with the propaganda machine of isis that is very effective. that's what i think the totality of that tells me you have to ask really hard questions, what did you hope to gain that has not been accomplished? it does not even have to be accurate, you have to as really hard questions. >> was in the answer? >> i don't get it. not wante, well, we do to see it happen ever again. we have invested a lot of time and this, or we have invested a lot of money in this....
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and the isis leader in charm of what he call the islamic state? syria and iraq. we saw all of that brewing. some would say well you didn't tell us they were going to go over the berm in syria. that's true. we saw when the intelligence community was$ reporting on it. because they made the wrong policy decisions pushing back our air you been league partners saying no we're not going to do that. they are asking for logistical report and intelligence report and some weapons training and other thing he thought they made a any mistake. i don't think that justifies going back and saying you didn't tell me exactly what was going to happen. they laid out a compelling case what was brewing. that's when policy makers are challenged do the right thing or live by the consequences of your decision. that part didn't happen. we need to understand they're not perfect. it's not a crystal ball. it's clues and with thosefpf"arh strategic warning that something bad's going to happen. i argue they did that. there was plenty of strategic warning but not specific tactical warning. >> ro
and the isis leader in charm of what he call the islamic state? syria and iraq. we saw all of that brewing. some would say well you didn't tell us they were going to go over the berm in syria. that's true. we saw when the intelligence community was$ reporting on it. because they made the wrong policy decisions pushing back our air you been league partners saying no we're not going to do that. they are asking for logistical report and intelligence report and some weapons training and other thing...
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let me talk about isis and what you see as the threat today from isis. >> from isis, and the like. we have to understand this is a global jihadist movement and it's not just the threat that we are seeing today, although the priority for many of us dealing with syria and iraq, we have to also remember that we have to look at sinai. we have to look at libya, the other elephant in the room. somalia, mali, nigeria. these are all different -- organizations with different names, but the same beliefs. >> what does that mean to deal with these? >> we are reaching out with each other. in jordan, we are dealing with syria and iraq. but in partnership with some of the other countries, i just came a few days ago from a meeting over the importance of reaching out to our african friends. two countries that i think will be the lead in dealing with these issues in africa, obviously, the president of gabon dealing on one side with the central african states, and the president of kenya dealing with shabab moving up to samaria. i know we have to concentrate on syria and iraq, but we really have to ha
let me talk about isis and what you see as the threat today from isis. >> from isis, and the like. we have to understand this is a global jihadist movement and it's not just the threat that we are seeing today, although the priority for many of us dealing with syria and iraq, we have to also remember that we have to look at sinai. we have to look at libya, the other elephant in the room. somalia, mali, nigeria. these are all different -- organizations with different names, but the same...
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they certainly are opposing isis inside iraq. on the other hand, they have concerns about us having alignments with the sunni population. in syria, they are working against us. they support hezbollah. hezbollah has been helping the regime. the regime is killing the moderate opposition. and we are having training sites throughout the region to train more moderate syrian rebels to help us. at the same time through hezbollah, iran is killing them. >> this leads to the question of nuclear talks with iran. you have talked in the past about the imposing sanctions. the talks have been extended for another several months. >> you know, we had a great hearing yesterday. we had private witnesses. i'm getting ready to leave in a few minutes to a briefing where we are going to have a classified input. we had some private witnesses. i think everyone with the iran issue that i know of and who is highly involved, i think people are searching for the appropriate outcome. legitimate concerns on both sides of the aisle on where the administration s
they certainly are opposing isis inside iraq. on the other hand, they have concerns about us having alignments with the sunni population. in syria, they are working against us. they support hezbollah. hezbollah has been helping the regime. the regime is killing the moderate opposition. and we are having training sites throughout the region to train more moderate syrian rebels to help us. at the same time through hezbollah, iran is killing them. >> this leads to the question of nuclear...
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want to help with isis. when we attack from the air or other sources, does that benefit assad? does.some degree it it diverts attention. assad has been able to get away with dropping deadly bombs on aleppo. they get away with his own aggression. in some ways it has helped him militarily. if it was just a war, the world would be a much more -- pay more attention. >> what are the options for this administration as it looks at syria, looks at iraq, and tries to ascertain how to fight isis? and be true to its commitment to regime change in syria? how do they balance that? fight two wars at the same time? >> i think that is exactly what they are trying to do. iraq.d largely on territory withn help from u.s. air power. after that is achieved, once isis is forced back into syria, held the rebels become strong enough so they could put pressure on isis and the assad regime. possible to make headway. i find it difficult to see any viable solution anytime soon. even if the rebels were to win cash to win, the danger is
want to help with isis. when we attack from the air or other sources, does that benefit assad? does.some degree it it diverts attention. assad has been able to get away with dropping deadly bombs on aleppo. they get away with his own aggression. in some ways it has helped him militarily. if it was just a war, the world would be a much more -- pay more attention. >> what are the options for this administration as it looks at syria, looks at iraq, and tries to ascertain how to fight isis?...
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isy said, if the choice deford trying to -- tried. they operated on all three kids. one kid died on the table. the girl made it until she was about 14 and she was in a wheelchair her entire life and me. didn't even know i had it until i was 10 or 11 and some kid asked with a big scar was across my neck. i can't see the back of my neck so i asked my parents. what's this big scar? i had a hand mirror. so anyway, my parents just downplayed it. don't worry about it. as i got older, i started realizing what a miracle it was that i was alive. just trieddoctor this experimental surgery that just worked on me and consequently became the first step in dealing with spina bifida. this is 1951. they operated on people with screwdrivers and shearers. think about it. >> incredible. >> he looked at me and he said, what's your faith? that's all he wanted to talk to me about. he said, you of all people should have faith. >> will a song come out of this? probably. anything -- charlie, if it's out there, it's available. even if it's been written. yous bill merry said to me, have to be
isy said, if the choice deford trying to -- tried. they operated on all three kids. one kid died on the table. the girl made it until she was about 14 and she was in a wheelchair her entire life and me. didn't even know i had it until i was 10 or 11 and some kid asked with a big scar was across my neck. i can't see the back of my neck so i asked my parents. what's this big scar? i had a hand mirror. so anyway, my parents just downplayed it. don't worry about it. as i got older, i started...
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one as a supply and safe haven for isis and iraq. secondly, isis as a threat in syria. we do need to build out a syrian force that can do two things. be a force against isis but also does assad regime. that's going to require a long-term efforts, to do direct action with respect to no-fly and safe zones. i think at some point it is going to be something that is de facto. it is not that difficult indicate to the syrians these are areas we are going to operate. if you fly, if you use it you lose it. it can be just a practical side of communications. >> is it possible as isis becomes this force that it has with some appeal to people who have anti-west feelings, that they will have access to weapons we've never seen a terrorist organization have? >> it is both an army. a lot of weapons. >> they will try to take everything that they can. they have money. as is a well-funded organization. they will try to buy on the black market additional weaponry. which is why the united states is correct and leaving this effort to stop them, and destroy them. >> there is this perception as
one as a supply and safe haven for isis and iraq. secondly, isis as a threat in syria. we do need to build out a syrian force that can do two things. be a force against isis but also does assad regime. that's going to require a long-term efforts, to do direct action with respect to no-fly and safe zones. i think at some point it is going to be something that is de facto. it is not that difficult indicate to the syrians these are areas we are going to operate. if you fly, if you use it you lose...
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you have isis, which we have talked about. you you can a.q.a.p., al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, based in yemen. yemen is in a chaotic state right now in a civil war. aqap is an organization that has shown the intention and indeed has tried several times to attack the west and the united states including its aviation industry. you have the other groups, al-nusra and cror swron who have an intention to attack the west. you have various groups in north africa, and you have individuals in & smaller groups of people around the world inspired by these groups. my judgment, the terrorist threat-- not necessary let's kind of complex 9/11 kind of threat to the united states, complex mass casualty, but the threat of multiple smaller groups or individual threats against the united states and the west in my judgment has gone up. >> rose: do you have any reason to believe that with respect to what is happening in iran now and negotiations in vienna will be successful? they extended it. >> they've extended until the end of june of next y
you have isis, which we have talked about. you you can a.q.a.p., al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, based in yemen. yemen is in a chaotic state right now in a civil war. aqap is an organization that has shown the intention and indeed has tried several times to attack the west and the united states including its aviation industry. you have the other groups, al-nusra and cror swron who have an intention to attack the west. you have various groups in north africa, and you have individuals in &...
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in defeating isis you are solving one of a assad's problems. he wrote that memo and immediately, there was a big meeting in the white house to discuss it. so people were paying attention. >> in my conversation, i raised that question. the holistic memo. they needed a holistic policy. he explained it was not his point to tell me what he wrote to the president. what was interesting is that he said clearly that if in fact the bombing has an impact, it weakens isil. if it weakens isil, it strengthens assad. >> they are rewarded try to do it for the cia by wrapping up the covert training and equipping of the syrian moderate opposition to put more pressure on assad. it is not going to change that disconnect. >> what pervades this is whether the president understands he has a problem with isil. he's got to do something, because it is a real threat. hagel said it was the #1 security concern for him as he looked at national security issues. the question is, in different places, are they reviewing the options? is there underway a a serious look of what w
in defeating isis you are solving one of a assad's problems. he wrote that memo and immediately, there was a big meeting in the white house to discuss it. so people were paying attention. >> in my conversation, i raised that question. the holistic memo. they needed a holistic policy. he explained it was not his point to tell me what he wrote to the president. what was interesting is that he said clearly that if in fact the bombing has an impact, it weakens isil. if it weakens isil, it...
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in defeating isis you are solving one of a side problems. assad's problems. people were paying attention. raisedy conversation, i that question. the holistic memo. they needed a holistic policy. he explained it was not his point to tell me what he wrote to the president. what was interesting is that he fact therly that if in bombing has an impact, it weakens i sold. the thick weakens -- if it strengthens it assad. >> they are rewarded try to do it for the cia by wrapping up the covert training and equipping of the syrian moderate opposition to put more pressure assad.de -- sad -- it is not going to change that disconnect. >> what pervades this is whether the president understands he has -- iblem with i sold sil. as he looked at national security issues. the question is, in different places, are they reviewing the options? series of --rway a a serious look of what we need to be doing? byif you mean a reassessment the president saying this isn't working, we have to go back at , and thinkquare one this through again, i don't think there is that reassessment goin
in defeating isis you are solving one of a side problems. assad's problems. people were paying attention. raisedy conversation, i that question. the holistic memo. they needed a holistic policy. he explained it was not his point to tell me what he wrote to the president. what was interesting is that he fact therly that if in bombing has an impact, it weakens i sold. the thick weakens -- if it strengthens it assad. >> they are rewarded try to do it for the cia by wrapping up the covert...
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and insisting that assad must go because of course in defeating isis you are solving one of assad's major problems. well, he wrote that memo and almost immediately there was a big white house meeting to discuss it. >> yeah. >> so people were paying attention. >> rose: yeah, because in fact, in my conversation with the secretary of defense, you know, i raised that question, as you know, so-called holistic memo that they needed a holistic policy was in his words, and asked him what he said, he explained to me that he wouldn't-- that it was not his point to tell me what he wrote to the president or to the national security team. but what was interesting, is that he said clearly that if, in fact, the bombing has an impact, it weakens isil. an if it weakens isil, it strengthens assad. >> i think it's a fact of life. and they haven't figured out how to square that circle yet. i think they're going to try to do it through the cia by ramping up the covert training and equipping of the syrian moderate opposition that they can perhaps put more pressure on assad. but it is a disconnect in the
and insisting that assad must go because of course in defeating isis you are solving one of assad's major problems. well, he wrote that memo and almost immediately there was a big white house meeting to discuss it. >> yeah. >> so people were paying attention. >> rose: yeah, because in fact, in my conversation with the secretary of defense, you know, i raised that question, as you know, so-called holistic memo that they needed a holistic policy was in his words, and asked him...
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. >> what do you think of isis and how is it different? the leader of isis was al qaeda in iraq. >> when i was working on my last book, i was puzzled by the fact that there were so few palestinians, so few lebanese, syrians. there were some and some jordanians. but mainly, it was a saudi and egyptian phenomenon. i thought, where are the other arabs? we are still talking about sunnis, but there was another training camp in afghanistan at the same time bin laden was training al qaeda. and there was zarqawi's camp. bin laden financially supported him. they were funny -- parallel entities. if you happened to be a young man from syria, you would more likely go to zarqawi's camp then you would go to bin laden's. that was not clear to me until al qaeda and iraq erupted. i traced back the origin of that group. >> this is also connected to anwar sadat, too. >> zarqawi had the cap and -- camp in afghanistan. that became isis. from the very beginning, he wanted to affiliate with al qaeda. bin laden was ambivalent about it. at first, he wanted zarqawi
. >> what do you think of isis and how is it different? the leader of isis was al qaeda in iraq. >> when i was working on my last book, i was puzzled by the fact that there were so few palestinians, so few lebanese, syrians. there were some and some jordanians. but mainly, it was a saudi and egyptian phenomenon. i thought, where are the other arabs? we are still talking about sunnis, but there was another training camp in afghanistan at the same time bin laden was training al qaeda....
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-- deal with isis? >> the troops on the ground in iraq are the security forces and the peshmerga, and they are required. this will not be done by just airstrikes. it are strikes helped modestly but it is their groups on the ground. iraq is different from the situation in syria. in iraq, we were invited in by a sovereign nation, a sovereign government. we are working with a sovereign, elected government and the military in iraq. syria is a different situation. but the strategy does not change it is not different. our strategy is an anti-isil strategy. we go after isil because they threaten us, clearly. >> in syria, you have the president, and there are people that are a part of the coalition who believe that the fight must be to overturn him a strong as it is to combat isil. >> there are many interests and many views on the side. our view has not changed, that assad must go. >> so you have to fight a two front war. >> our strategy is anti-isil. we are supporting the iraqi government in every way that we
-- deal with isis? >> the troops on the ground in iraq are the security forces and the peshmerga, and they are required. this will not be done by just airstrikes. it are strikes helped modestly but it is their groups on the ground. iraq is different from the situation in syria. in iraq, we were invited in by a sovereign nation, a sovereign government. we are working with a sovereign, elected government and the military in iraq. syria is a different situation. but the strategy does not...
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our isis strategy is comprehensive. first, going back to a point i just made about governance, we need to help in every way we can the iraqi government stabilize. strengthen its security forces. we're helping do that. but that's the iraqi responsibility. that's the people of iraq. a new inclusive government, a participatory government that the new -- >> rose: are you satisfied that government is taking place, that new prime minister is doing that and he is different from maliki in terms of sunni versus shi'a. >> there are signs that he is. this is difficult. this is long term. the alienation that has occurred in iraq over the last five years, the sectarian violence it has bruceed. certainly we're seeing that in anbar province with the sunni tribes. prime minister has just recently appointed a new minister of defense. we haven't had a to minister of defense for over four years. it's a sunni minister of defense who i've spoken to. chairman dempsey was over there last weekend. it's good signs they're moving in the right di
our isis strategy is comprehensive. first, going back to a point i just made about governance, we need to help in every way we can the iraqi government stabilize. strengthen its security forces. we're helping do that. but that's the iraqi responsibility. that's the people of iraq. a new inclusive government, a participatory government that the new -- >> rose: are you satisfied that government is taking place, that new prime minister is doing that and he is different from maliki in terms...
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people were like, ebola and isis. people came up with all these stories about how ebola was affecting the market. ebola has not gone away. but you do not hear any connection of ebola -- geopolitics, there is a running joke about markets down -- markets higher on signs of ukraine tension easing. markets down on increased rhetoric from putin. you just work backwards. the market was up, so people are like, must be easing ukraine tensions. >> the person who leads a company is worth 400 times more than the average person who works there. >> i think it is 366 times, the ceo versus the average employee at his company. i think it was 10-to-1 in the 1960's and 1970's. that is an extreme that goes in one direction. i cannot find a way where that makes sense, but there are no laws against it. all of the compensation consultants come from the same schools and work in the same companies. a sensibly, everyone is competing for the same ceo position. >> the ceo is almost never the most valuable person in the company. >> who is? >> it
people were like, ebola and isis. people came up with all these stories about how ebola was affecting the market. ebola has not gone away. but you do not hear any connection of ebola -- geopolitics, there is a running joke about markets down -- markets higher on signs of ukraine tension easing. markets down on increased rhetoric from putin. you just work backwards. the market was up, so people are like, must be easing ukraine tensions. >> the person who leads a company is worth 400 times...